Sorhagenia rhamniella

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Sorhagenia rhamniella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Sorhagenia
Species:
S. rhamniella
Binomial name
Sorhagenia rhamniella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Elachista rhamniellaZeller, 1839
  • Anacampsis asperipunctellaBruand, 1851

Sorhagenia rhamniella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula. [1]

A shoot of buckthorn drooping from larval feeding Sorhagenia rhamniella a shoot of buckthorn drooping from larval feeding.JPG
A shoot of buckthorn drooping from larval feeding
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Larva

The wingspan is about 9–10 mm. The head is fuscous, whitish sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, sometimes somewhat ochreous mixed; large blackish scale-tufts on fold at 1/4, on dorsum before tornus, below middle of costa, and in disc at 3/4; some raised black strigulae towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is greenish; head and plate of 2 black. [2] [3]

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus frangula and Rhamnus cathartica . [4] Sometimes, also young leaves are eaten. Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to June. [5]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. Koster, J.C. & Sinev, S.Yu., 2003. Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxe nidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. - In P. Huemer, 0. Karsholt and L. Lyneborg (eds): Microlepidoptera of Europe 5: 1-387. ISBN 87-88757-66-8 ISSN 1395-9506
  4. UKmoths
  5. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine